MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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